All Leadership articles – Page 40
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Leadership change comes to the peninsula
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsMajor trust chief executive to step down
The chief executive of a major acute trust, who has held leadership positions in the NHS for almost two decades, has announced her resignation.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Podcast: Leadership standards revealed
Now that NHS England has finally published its new standards for leaders, we discuss how the revised ‘Fit and Proper Person Test’ will work, and if it is enough to stop the revolving door of poor leaders.
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CommentFailure to support staff with kids is costing NHS millions
NHS trusts need to prioritise working parents in their workforce by fostering inclusive environments, flexibility, and leadership support to retain talent and enhance patient care, writes Verena Hefti
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NewsDirectors to be judged on their ability to create ‘compassionate’ cultures
NHS England has announced the first details of its ‘Leadership Competency Framework’, and revealed it will be launched this September.
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NewsInformation on directors’ fitness to lead will be added to staff record by October
NHS board directors have less than two months to challenge the information that will be gathered on their fitness to hold a leadership position and then stored on their employer’s electronic staff record as part of the overhaul of the fit and proper person test.
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NewsThink tank appoints charity boss as new CEO
The King’s Fund think tank has appointed Sarah Woolnough as its new chief executive, who will take over from Richard Murray early next year.
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NewsHigh-profile racism claim settled by national agency
An NHS agency which has been embroiled in racism allegations has apologised to a former employee who brought a high-profile employment tribunal claim.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Has Lancashire missed a trick?
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalChallenged trust fails to complete ‘hospital CEOs’ recruitment
A struggling teaching trust has appointed three new executives, but failed to recruit two hospital-level CEOs as planned, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNational body appoints five new directors
A safety watchdog has appointed five new non-executive directors ahead of it becoming an independent body later this year.
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News‘Great’ trust seen as ‘insular and dismissive of integration’
A “great” ambulance trust’s “uncompromising” focus on outcomes and its own performance has been a barrier to system working and affected relationships with partners, an external review has advised it.
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CommentTop leader vows to increase NHS body count
The health service no longer leads the world in the creation of useless organisations. Sir Trevor Longstay is determined to halt the decline. By Julian Patterson
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NewsOnly one in five staff at care scandal trust confident in execs
Just one-fifth of staff at a trust engulfed in an abuse scandal expressed confidence in the executive team, according to the Care Quality Commission, which has downgraded the trust and its leadership team to ‘inadequate’.
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NewsCEO named for new trust
A chief executive has been named for a new community and mental health trust in the south of England ahead of its planned formation next year.
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NewsRegulatory ‘burden’ has increased despite promises, say trust leaders
The majority of trust leaders have reported an increase in the ‘burden’ put on them by regulators, citing more demanding ‘ad hoc’ requests during heightened operational pressure.
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NewsCourage not targets needed to push ‘reticent’ NHS bosses to tackle racism
NHS leaders are still “reticent” to act decisively over racism and diversity problems and it will take courage rather than targets to tackle this challenge, a trust boss has warned.
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NewsModernisation Agency chief returns to lead improvement drive
The director of the Modernisation Agency in the early 2000s is returning to lead a new national service improvement drive, NHS England has announced, while asking systems and providers to “baseline” their improvement needs and capability.
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HSJ LocalService ‘collapses’ after department left with ‘no doctors’
A trust has been accused of presiding over the deterioration of a key service amid communication problems between senior leaders and a ‘worrying series of resignations’ which has left the department with ‘no doctors’.
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CEO InterviewCEO interview: Peter Reading, interim CEO, Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.